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BJP crosses majority mark in Manipur even after allies left NDA before polls, Congress comes down from 28 to 5 seats

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has won 32 seats in 60 seat Manipur assembly, ensuring return of Biren Singh govt without needing allies
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UK sanctions Russian oligarch and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich for ‘close ties with Putin’, efforts to sell the club in jeopardy

OpIndia Staff -
Due to sanction on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich by UK govt, the club can't sign new players and renew existing contracts
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AIMIM loses deposits in 99 out of the 100 seats the party contested in Uttar Pradesh, sees a marginal increase in vote share

OpIndia Staff -
In 2017, AIMIM had 0.2 percent votes in Uttar Pradesh while in 2022, its vote share went up to 0.47 percent
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As BJP wins in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath addresses the public after his victory: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for giving BJP another chance and choosing development over all.
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Calcutta High Court stays order by West Bengal govt to shut down internet services for the 10th Board exams: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Home and Hill Affairs Department of the Government of West Bengal had issued an order on March 3, 2022, wherein it stated that the internet services would be blocked in 7 districts.
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BJP leader Pankaj Singh wins from Noida constituency by record margin of 1,81,513 votes

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Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, son of defence minister Rajnath Singh, has set a new record of winning margin
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Opinions

In Yogi, Hindus have chosen the kind of leader they want: No nonsense, nothing to lose, a Hindutvavadi with an iron fist

Nupur J Sharma -
Yogi Adityanath was vilified, he was abused, misrepresented and tarnished for fighting for Hindus but he prevailed
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Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ loses deposit in Gorakhpur Urban, CM Yogi Adityanath wins by more than 1 lakh votes

OpIndia Staff -
Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan' has managed to get slightly more than 3% votes in Gorakhpur Urban
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‘Will make an India where no student has to go to Ukraine’: Arvind Kejriwal claims after winning Punjab polls

OpIndia Staff -
After AAP managed to win an additional State besides Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal began making claims of transforming the 'education infrastructure' of the entire country.
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‘Never believe in one-sided story’: Kapil Sharma denies allegations that his show refused to invite team of movie ‘The Kashmir Files’

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Sharma denies allegations that his show refused to invite the team of movie The Kashmir Files for promotion
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The era of Bhagwant Mann: Winds of change in Punjab, AAP romps home to victory as heavyweights tumble across the board

OpIndia Staff -
While a new player in AAP with Bhagwant Mann as CM face is set to grab 3/4th majority, stalwarts of Punjab have fallen
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BJP wins Deoband: Brijesh defeats Kartikey Rana of Samajwadi Party by 7104 votes

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Brijesh Singh, the sitting BJP MLA at Deoband defeated SP's Kartikeya Rana by over 7100 votes.
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‘They pocketed notes, opposition pocketed votes’, Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill blames own party leaders for the debacle in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill blames party leaders Harish Rawat and Ajay Maken for losing Punjab elections
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UP results: Munawwar Rana’s daughter losing badly from Unnao’s Purwa, gets fewer votes than NOTA

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Uroosa Rana had previously accused UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu of misbehaving with her in 2021.
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The Abhimanyu who knew his way out of the Chakravyuh: Here are the 5 challenges Yogi Adityanath faced, to emerge victorious

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath was subjected to all sorts of attacks from the usual suspects over the past 5 years. However, all those attacks came to nought as Yogi Adityanath returns to power with a thumping majority.
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As trends show AAP victory in Punjab, here is why Election Commission lists Aam Aadmi Party as ‘AAAP’

OpIndia Staff -
The ECI informed that 'AAP' was assigned to a party named Awami Aamjan Party, which was registered on January 3, 2011.
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AAP clean sweep in Punjab, will Kejriwal totally sink the border state or there is some hope?

Rahul Roushan -
Will Khalistani elements be able to control Kejriwal and push their agenda?
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As Sidhu loses in Punjab, here is why Archana Puran Singh is trending on Twitter

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'Should Archana be worried?' Netizens questioned if Archana Puran Singh should worry about her job at TKSS as SIdhu lost election.
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‘Operation Ganga’ likely to conclude with the last flight scheduled from Bucharest today, 18,000 Indians evacuated so far under the mission

OpIndia Staff -
Operation Ganga was launched on February 26 to evacuate nearly 20,000 Indian nationals who were stuck in Ukraine amid the conflict. Several special flights had been running from Poland, Romania, and Hungary to bring the students home.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu accepts defeat in Punjab, says “voice of the people is the voice of God”

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu made a statement accepting his defeat in the assembly election
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Noida jinx broken and more: Mahant of Gorakhpeeth breaks two political superstitions with thumping UP victory

OpIndia Staff -
As Bharatiya Janata Party approaches a historic win in Uttar Pradesh, it is all set to break the jinx associated with Noida
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‘BJP will form government in Goa with MGP and independents’, says CM Pramod Sawant, seeks appointment from Governor to stake claim

OpIndia Staff -
Pramod Sawant said BJP will win more than 20 seats in Goa, and if needed, they will take support of MGP and independents
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While Yogi Adityanath is set to come back as Uttar Pradesh CM, here are some tweets predicting Akhilesh Yadav’s victory that did not age...

OpIndia Staff -
As the BJP inches closer to victory, it is clear that these Tweets predicting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's victory in Uttar Pradesh did not age well
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“One Nation, One Election” is a good idea, Election Commission capable of holding all elections simultaneously: CEC Sushil Chandra

OpIndia Staff -
CEC Sushil Chandra said that the One Nation One Election is a good idea and that EC is fully equipped for it.
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One of the greatest losers of 2022 Assembly Elections: TMC and Mamata Banerjee. Here is how

OpIndia Staff -
While Congress has emerged as a loser in Uttar Pradesh, the other loser in the 2022 Assembly Elections is perhaps Mamata Banerjee
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Sensex and Nifty soars as early trends predict BJP victory in UP, Uttarakhand and Manipur

OpIndia Staff -
Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also soared 388.75 points (2.38%) and traded at 1634.10 at 11:17 am on Thursday.
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Punjab: CM Charanjit Singh Channi likely to resign in face of AAP’s sweep, CM candidate Bhagwant Mann leading from Dhuri

OpIndia Staff -
As Mann is expected to be the next CM of Punjab, celebrations have begun at his residence in Sangrur. The Aam Aadmi Party is leading in 89 seats in Punjab.
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Opinions

Congress draws a big fat zero in Amethi and Rae Bareli in UP elections: Congress was drowning, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sunk it

OpIndia Staff -
In their family bastions of Amethi and Rae Bareli, Congress has managed to score a big zero in UP elections
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Contempt of court case: Attorney General allows lawyer to add Kunal Kamra’s latest rant against SC in the present case

OpIndia Staff -
The AG has stated that new remarks of Kunal Kamra be presented before the SC in the ongoing contempt case against him.
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Politics

As AAP inches towards forming govt in Punjab, Raghav Chadha says Arvind Kejriwal will be a principal challenger to PM Modi in the future

OpIndia Staff -
As AAP is set to win Punjab, Raghav Chadha claimed that Arvind Kejriwal would be the principal challenger of PM Modi
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‘Punishment for disbelief in Allah’: ISIS praises Ukraine war as ‘divine punishment against crusaders’, says Muslims should not take sides in the war

OpIndia Staff -
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Islamist terror outfit ISIS has expressed hope that the ongoing conflict destroys 'the enemies of Islam'
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And the meltdown begins: Here is what Yogendra Yadav said on NDTV about the results, blaming the ‘public’ for ‘dismantling the republic’

OpIndia Staff -
As the trends trickled in, rent-a-cause activists like Yogendra Yadav on NDTV started having a meltdown already.
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‘Transparent process, no question of EVM tampering’: Affirms CEC Sushil Chandra amid vote counting for Assembly Elections in five states

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"Authorised polling agents of the political parties are allowed to come inside the counting centre, EVMs are locked in strong room in presence of party representatives. There is no question of EVM tampering," said CEC Sushil Chandra.
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‘Rajasthan tops in rape cases because it has always been a state that belonged to men: Congress minister makes crass joke of sexual violence

OpIndia Staff -
Shanti Dhariwal, Rajasthan Congress minister mocks rape cases inside state assembly, says state has always belonged to men.
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‘Alien to see’: Prince William makes racist comments on the Russia-Ukraine war, sparks outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Prince William's comment that a war in Europe is 'alien', unlike wars in Asia and Africa, sparks outrage on social media with people criticizing the racist attitude of the Duke of Cambridge
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Assembly elections 2022: Live updates, latest news, trends and highlights

OpIndia Staff -
Latest updates on initial trends, results and who will form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur
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United States: Man who received pig heart in groundbreaking transplant dies after 2 months

OpIndia Staff -
David Bennett Sr, 57, had his failing heart replaced with that of a pig's in January 2022 at University of Maryland
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Pakistani flag would flutter over Junagarh: ‘Nawab of Junagadh’ Jahangir Khan, who lives in Pakistan, claims the former princely state will become part of...

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Jahangir Khan said, "Junagarh belongs to Pakistan. It is time for Pakistan to raise its voice about India's occupation of Junagadh."
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Pakistan: Islamists outrage against Aurat March held on International Women’s Day, burqa-clad women launch ‘Haya March’ to oppose it

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Islamists in Pakistan abused and ridiculed participants of Aurat March, besides calling them "agents of western immorality"
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Maharashtra: Minor girls rescued from brothels reveal they were sexually exploited by one Firoz Shaikh, had earned by forcing them into prostitution and selling...

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Mumbai Police charges one Firoz Shaikh for molesting 5 minor girls after sedating their drinks and recording the act to earn money
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‘Be ready with bamboos & sticks’: Samajwadi Party supporters threaten bloodshed after Akhilesh Yadav spreads EVM hacking allegations

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Samajwadi Party supporters took to Twitter to threaten bloodshed and violence after Akhilesh Yadav's EVM rigging allegations
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Censor Board passed ‘The Kashmir Files’ with ‘A’ certificate and minor cuts: Read how they asked to remove “Islamic Terrorist” but Vivek Agnihotri refused

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'The Kashmir Files' chronicles the Kashmiri Pandit genocide that took place in 1990 leading to their exodus
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Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance ship, lost 107 years ago, found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica

OpIndia Staff -
The Endurance ship was lost in the waters of the Weddell Sea in 1915, discovered in 2022 by Endurance22 expedition team
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Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis, other BJP leaders detained by Mumbai Police amid protests demanding Nawab Malik’s resignation

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis held protests in Mumbai demanding the resignation of Nawab Malik. He said that the party will continue protests until Nawab Malik resigns from the Ministry.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan despite severe opposition from centre

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court granted bail to AG Perarivalan, who was one of seven convicted for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
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Ahead of counting, opposition parties raise EVM bogey as exit polls suggest BJP clean sweeping UP assembly polls

OpIndia Staff -
As Exit Polls show BJP sweeping UP, opposition leaders have started alleging EVMs tampering again
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‘Gouge out eyes, set fire in public’, Gujarat Congress leaders instigate women to take law in their hands, clash with police in Gandhinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat Congress MLA Geniben Thakor called on women to pour petrol on those who commit crimes against women and publicly burn them alive
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Zee Studios deny ‘sabotage’ of The Kashmir Files, says it will release on 500 screens, but keeps mum on low media & outdoors publicity

Nirwa Mehta -
Netizens had alleged that Zee Group, one of the producers of the film, were reducing the release of the film to less than 200 screens, thereby reducing the reach of the film.
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12 candidates of Punjab Congress attend a dinner party at Captain Amarinder Singh’s farmhouse ahead of election results: Report

OpIndia Staff -
All the 12 leaders of the Congress party have recently contested the elections and they were joined by two other candidates of AAP in the dinner party, as per reports.
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USA: Americans vent their anger against Putin on Russian restaurants, many are actually run by Ukrainians

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Russian Restaurants in New York City facing hate amidst Russian military action against Ukraine
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